Picture inclusion has been a little hard. I am now at an Internet cafe while M gets a foot massage. I had a great Thai massage and wanted a herb massage but not enough time. I checked out the hotel that Michele suggested and it is very good. It will be 300 bt a night and there is about $3 a 100...so this will be about $8.75. The room has a bath and two beds and a fan. It is directly behind the Wat that has the best massage and across from a restaurant that serves very good food and down from a laundry for 20bt a kilo (washed and ironed). So, even if the air is $1300... the room $300 and the dental $2300....that will be $3700 vs $5-6K in the US...and I will be warm and at home.
I got up early this am and let M get her shower and organize. No one was up and after hearing the monks ring their bell at 3 and then chant.. it was magical to sit in the quiet and just think about life. The leaves are slowly falling and at 7:45..."I" the old man with the broom who is 79 comes to sweep the same grass area that he swept the day before... The sun is slowing come around the mountain and the rooster crowing. Same same as five years ago. "Ay".. is still serving the meals at Nest 1 and "Oh" is still doing her thing at Nest 2. The eggplant and Themph is still wonderful and the hot plate and hot comes make the breakfast a treat. Only a little glance at the headline news....Egypt is doing this.. Obama quit smoking...and it is still cold in upstate new york. This AM, my phone did not work so who knows if it will again. the Internet here is not accepting my SD card...and so.. that is that.. and if it is to be it will be. We will leave Chiangmai soon on the 5:30pm plane...to BKK and a motel and then in the am to Vietnam. I will miss the food...but I am coming home with an apron and a desire to cook more. There are so many things about the country that I enjoy. The temperature, the beer, the food, the people, the massage. about $6 for an hour..and live is good. I have some good plans for myself... hope to get some income...but next time, I am going to opt for a three month visa.... so...poof and out of here.
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